Hello, teachers and students!I am very happy that today we can meet on campus again, see each other for a long time, and welcome a new semester together。
When we leave the old and welcome the new, it is a time to build on the past and open up the future。The days of studying at home at the end of the semester are still fresh in my mind. Despite all kinds of unfavorable factors, the teachers and students in the school have been together with the strongest and most united attitude and spent the winter together。Most of our teachers and students have experienced the process from infection to "Yangkang", in the torture of high fever and "blade throat", the teachers did not fall behind a day of class, the students strive to persist in learning, teachers and students care for each other and encourage each other, the truth of this difficult day of common education has become a precious treasure in life。This past Spring Festival, I believe you also have a different feeling。More importantly, for more than three years, young teachers who live in other places can finally get together with their parents, and many students are taken by their parents to visit their grandparents in their hometown, fully feeling the warmth of home and the joy of reunion。
We must also see that, looking around the world, the changes in the world, the changes in The Times, and the changes in history are unfolding in an unprecedented way。A century of changes and a century of epidemics are intertwined, and various security challenges keep emerging。In a turbulent world, the power to stabilize people's hearts is urgently needed.The era of change calls for bearing in mind the responsibility of the world。在2023年新年贺词中，习近平总书记对广大青年做了这样的嘱托：“明天的中国，希望寄予青年。When young people thrive, a country prospers, and China's development depends on the commitment of young people。Youth is full of vigor, youth gives birth to hope。The majority of young people should cultivate the feelings of home and country, cultivate the enterprising character, encourage youth with the attitude of struggle, live up to The Times and live up to the years。”
How do we live up to this responsibility？I think in addition to hard work, struggle, but also need to have the ability to innovate。Recently, "Wandering Earth 2", "Three-Body Problem" and other science-fiction film and television works have been more and more recognized by everyone。ChatGPT, a natural language processing tool powered by artificial intelligence technology, has refreshed the public's perception。It can learn and understand human language，Interact according to context，To really talk and communicate like humans，You can also write and debug computer programs，They even create music, TV dramas, stories, poems and lyrics，The industry says ChatGPT has sparked a new revolution in artificial intelligence，It may even replace some human occupations。
The future is here. What can we as educators and learners think of it？Learn something？My understanding is that we need to think more deeply and understand the nature of education, what should teachers teach and how to teach, what should students learn and how to learn。In addition to attaching importance to "teaching", teachers should also work hard in "preaching" and "dispelling doubts", truly be the guide of students' growth, stimulate and maintain each student's creativity and vitality, and achieve education with temperature。For students, we should pay attention to the cultivation of innovative thinking and lifelong learning ability in daily study。Only by striving to enhance our true "human" abilities, such as imagination, creativity, decision-making, communication, etc., can we achieve cooperation and coexistence with artificial intelligence, so that advanced science and technology can better serve social development and human progress。
Looking into the future, the High School attached to Tsinghua University should do education with big pattern, big mind and big atmosphere;In the face of challenges, the students of Affiliated High School should become new people with feelings, culture and innovation who are worthy of national rejuvenation. This is my expectation for all the teachers and students of Affiliated High School in the new semester。As Tsinghua people, Tsinghua affiliated people, we have a long tradition and glorious genes, but also have the courage and responsibility of who I am。"Youth must be early, not youth.？Let us work together to write a brilliant "big chapter" of life worthy of the great era and without regret for the dreams of youth!
Thank you all!
Cao Haixiang
February 13, 2023
